Kansas City Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel hasn't done much to ease one longtime fan's frustration. / John Rieger, US Presswire

by Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports

Longtime Kansas City Chiefs fan Loren "Sam" Lickteig passed away on Wednesday at the age of 81. If the obituary in the Kansas City Star is to be believed, Romeo Crennel, Matt Cassel and decades of the team's incompetence may be to blame.

"Loren G. "Sam" Lickteig passed away on Nov. 14, 2012 of complications from MS and heartbreaking disappointment caused by the Kansas City Chiefs football team," the obit reads.

Whether that great line was the work of Mr. Lickteig or his surviving kin, we offer our applause along with our condolences.